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Richard Paine Jr.

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Richard Paine Jr. is a licensed mariner and certified TSMS, ISM & ISO lead auditor with over 25 years of domestic and international maritime experience ranging from deepsea, tugs and towing, and passenger vessels, with emphasis in hospitality, transportation, HSSQE, business development, and management system implementation and oversight.

Richard can be reached at [email protected].

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